The “Drawing Tales” art show will open on Friday, Sept. 5 at 11 a.m. in the Weaver Gallery in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center. The event is free and attendees will have a chance to win a free self-portrait or family portrait drawn by senior visual arts major Stacy Lamb. The show will be dedicated to Rayna DoBrodt, a former Bethel College student from Mishawaka, Ind., who died in an auto accident in July.

Bethel announces the launch of the career and calling milestones program, designed to equip students to find meaningful employment in their chosen field before they graduate from college. The unique program will centralize and build upon the variety of career preparation resources currently available at Bethel, integrating them into the college culture and giving each student a consistent experience.

Bethel College will host more than 30 Christian colleges for the annual South Bend/Mishawaka Christian College Fair on Monday, Sept. 29 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Wiekamp Athletic Center. High school, junior high, junior college students and parents are encouraged to attend.

On July 21 Bethel recognized several faculty and staff who have done an exemplary job in living out the GREATer priorities. They included Alex Daniel, Jessie Lacay, Sandra Lesko, Ryne Lightfoot, Chad Meister, Tony Natali and the entire physical plant staff.

The Bethel College theatre department is pleased to announce the 2014-’15 theatre season. Season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at Tickets.BethelCollege.edu/PackageSelection or call the theatre department office at 574.807.7747.

Jennie Sophia – the stage name of Jennie (Yoder) Grunseth ’02 – was recently praised in a New York Times review of the Goodman Theatre’s revival of “Brigadoon.” Sophia stars as Fiona MacLaren, resident of a mysterious Scottish town that comes to life for only one day every 100 years.

Bethel College recently hosted nearly 550 Chin Burmese youth and young adults for the Herald Vision Conference of the Chin Baptist Church USA. This was the first conference of its kind to be held in the United States. Attendees were primarily refugees who came to America to escape religious persecution in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar (formerly Burma).